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Two killed after car ploughs into crowd at German Christmas market

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Two people have been killed, including a child, after a car drove into crowds at a Christmas market in the Germany city of Magdeburg. Sixty-eight people were injured. The leader of Saxony says the suspect is believed to be a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian doctor.US Members of Congress are debating into the night to avert a government shutdown after a funding bill was voted down by Democrats and a number of Republicans.And as the US says it killed the leader of ISIS in Syria in an airstrike, we look at the risk of the group re-emerging.
20 Dec 5PM English United Kingdom TV & Film

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